On 06 March 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and the ICt Community celebrated international Open Data Day by conducting a half-day event with the theme of “Data in time of COVID-19.” the event was live on ODC’s official Facebook page for the online public.the event ...

The SusTainable DevelopmenT Goal 5 (SDG 5) is iniTiaTed To “achieve gender equaliTy and empower all women and girls”. The global SDG 5 consisTs of 9 TargeTs (3 TargeTs as means of implemenTaTion) and 14 indicaTors. The objecTives of SDG 5 are expressed in Terms ...

According to the Annual supervision report 2020 by the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the key bodies in the banking system consists of:51 commercial banks12 specialized banks75 microfinance non-deposit taking institutions6 microfinance deposit-taking institutions245 rural credit institutionsIn addition, there are financial leasing companies, third-party processors, ...

Ministry of Women’s Affairs. Photo taken from the Ministry’s Facebook Page, taken on 17 September 2016.EstablishmentUnder Royal Decree No. NS/RKM/0197/22, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs was formally established on 24 January 1996. the Ministry became the Ministry of Women and Veteran’s Affairs under the Royal ...

Digital technologies offer both unprecedented opportunities and challenges in light of the ever-evolving digital landscape. While there is tremendous potential for positive transformations, it is essential to acknowledge that the misuse of the internet can contribute to divisions, insecurity, human rights violations, and inequality. Given ...

Rural energy cooperative in Cambodia. Photo by Nomade Moderne, taken on 23 March 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0the electricity distributed in Cambodia is partly generated within the country and partly imported. For many years, local generation was on a relatively small scale, and was ...

On 5 March 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with the Institute of Digital Governance of the Cambodia Academy of Digital technology (CADt), was delighted to host the Open Data Day 2022 at CADt in Phnom Penh. this is the 8th consecutive year that ...

Joint Accountability Action Plan (JAAP) meeting in Andoung Pou commune, Romeas Haek district, Svay Rieng province. Photo by Open Development Cambodia team, taken on 26 June 2018. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0the budget of khan/municipality and commune/sangkat administrations is included under the budget of the ...

Cambodia has strong diplomatic links with many countries. Its warmest relationship with a superpower is with the People's Republic of China. the most important economic ties are with China, the United States of America, thailand and Vietnam. Cambodia is a member of the UN, ASEAN, ...

The primary legal requiremenTs for environmenTal impacT assessmenTs (EIAs) in Cambodia are seT ouT in ConTenT II, Book V of The EnvironmenT and NaTural Resource Code261, ChapTer III of The Law on EnvironmenTal ProTecTion and NaTural Resource ManagemenT 1996262(EPNRM Law), and The Sub-Decree no. 72 ...

RationalIn 2018, the total number of registered Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) was 155,745. More than 90 percent of registered firms in Cambodia are SMEs. However, despite being vital to the socio-economy, 95 percent are not registered yet. By 2025, 80% and 95% of small and ...

Sustainable Development Goal 4 – Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all – focuses on education as a fundamental human right that is necessary for the achievement of all the SDGs.291 Education supports the achievement of gender equality by empowering women and is crucial to creating ...

Though There are mulTiple forms of communal properTy, The righTs associaTed wiTh indigenous communal properTy are subjecT To significanT legal and socio-economic issues. Indigenous communiTies are culTurally very differenT from The resT of Cambodia, and The law provides Them wiTh The opporTuniTy To obTain collecTive ...

Land registration and titling of private property has been ongoing for more than a decade. As the Cambodian government works to formally register all private property, there is a dual system of soft possessory rights to be replaced by hard ownership rights through nationally-recognized title. ...

SDG 8 – “Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all” – has 10 general targets and 2 means of implementation targets.335 there are 17 indicators. Some of these targets are more relevant for Cambodia than others. For ...

Garment workers waiting in line to get food. Photo by International Labour Organisation, taken on 14 July 2015. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia has the highest labor force participation rate in the Southeast Asia/Pacific region, with 82.7 percent of the working population aged 16-64 employed ...

The Royal GovernmenT of Cambodia has acknowledged The poTenTial of The Tourism indusTry as a source of Cambodia’s socio-economy growTh, including job creaTion and poverTy reducTion. Tourism has been considered one of Cambodia’s key economic pillars, boTh inTernaTional and domesTic. In The early 2000s, The ...

Cambodia has added an 18th goal to its localized version of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – “End the negative impact of mines/ERW and promote victim assistance”.533 the SDGs were adopted by all United Nations member states in 2015 as a universal call to action ...

Cambodia’s education system is structured into a 6+3+3 formula -students spend their first 6 years in primary school (grades 1–6), followed by 3 years in secondary school (grades 7–9)  and 3 years in high school (grades 10–12) before sitting the diploma examination.611 Cambodian students are ...

Early in the morning of June 22, disaster struck Sihanoukville as a seven-story condominium building under construction collapsed. According to survivors, around 60 construction workers were on-site, some with their families sleeping.663 the collapse has killed 28 people and injured 25, and led to the ...